Detecting Pressed Key with e.which in JavaScript

You have definitely decided to get which key has been pressed with JavaScript? This is very common when it comes to an Enter key press over a form element. Actually this should be automatically done by the browser, but when it comes to a default prevented form you’ve to check it for yourself.

The job can be done with a event’s which check. Let me show you some JavaScript/jQuery code:

$('.selector').click(function(e) {
	console.log(e.which);	
});

Note that this can be checked under Firefox and/or Safari like browsers which support the console object. This will give you the idea which key is pressed in a number value. The Enter is usually 13!
If you don’t have such browser, you can replace that code with something like:

$('.selector').click(function(e) {
	alert(e.which);	
});

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